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Uzbek President Islam Karimov has recently visited Jizzakh and Syrdarya regions of the country, the Uzbek national news agency (UzA) said on June 20.

The president visited the Uzbek-German joint venture Jizzakh Plasteks in Jizzakh region of the country to be commissioned in the near future.

After the first stage of the Jizzakh Plasteks enterprise is commissioned, the processing of 12,000 tons of cotton fiber, the production of 8,500 tons of yarn, 4,000 tons of knitted fabrics per year will be established.

Around 1,750 people were provided with jobs.

President Karimov stressed the need for constructing the modern enterprises specializing in fiber processing and the production of finished products, by providing people, especially young people, with jobs in all regions of the country, including in Jizzakh region with high-quality cotton-growing.

President Karimov familiarized with the general plan of Jizzakh town. The President stressed that the master plan of each town must be worked out taking into account a long-term prospect and made recommendations for the construction of the city's ring road, multi-lane main roads, landscaping and gardening.

The president also visited the Zhavlonbek farm in Pahtakor region and talked with farmers.

President Karimov said that the decree on the establishment of Jizzak special industrial zone and the work for its implementation are aimed at further improving the people's welfare. The projects implemented with foreign investors create new opportunities for the development of the country's economy and the sustained improvement of the population's living standards.

President Karimov arrived in Syrdarya region on the same day. He talked with farmers in the fields of the Avazbek Umarov farm in Akaltyn region, stressing the importance of farmers' movement in the development of the national economy.

The growth of gross regional product hit 9.7 per cent in Jizzakh region, industrial production - 9.3 per cent, agricultural products - 5.9 per cent, construction operations - 11.6 per cent, paid services - 10.7 per cent in the first quarter of 2013. According to the economic development program of the region in 2013-2015, it is planned to implement more than 2,000 projects, as well as more than 1,300 projects in 2013.

The growth of gross regional product hit 9.5 per cent in Syrdarya region in the first quarter of this year. The steady growth in industrial production, consumer goods, paid services is ensured. Around 181 small enterprises, in particular 57 new facilities, specializing in the production of industrial products, have been established.